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References from the book:
Goldson, B. (2008) A Dictionary of Youth Justice. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
This recent work provides broad coverage in dictionary format of a range of issues—historical, legal, theoretical, policy, practice, and research—relating to youth justice in the UK.
Goldson B. and Muncie, J. (eds) (2006) Youth Crime and Justice: Critical Issues. London: Sage.
This edited collection covers a very wide range of topics relating to youth justice, including its relationship to social divisions, and wider policy contexts as well as practice issues.
Muncie, J. (2004) Youth and Crime: a Critical Introduction (2nd edn). London: Sage.
This book is probably the most useful of the overview texts in the field of youth crime and youth justice. It provides a good historical account of youth crime and locates discussion in a wider context of theorizing about youth and youth culture(s).
Muncie, J. and Goldson B. (eds) (2006) Comparative Youth Justice: Critical Issues. London: Sage.
This collection comprises analyses and commentary on youth justice in 12 countries and a useful concluding chapter discussing broad trends and variations between and within countries.
Smith, R. (2007) Youth Justice: Ideas, Policy, Practice (2nd edn). Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
The main strength of this book is its very detailed analysis of the workings of youth justice, making it complementary to Muncie’s book in many respects.
Further references:
Brown, S. (1998) Understanding Youth Crime, Buckingham: Open University Press.
Haines, K. and Drakeford (1999) Youth and Crime, Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Muncie, J. (2000) Youth and Crime, London: Sage.
The above are both good introductions to the associations of young people with crime.
Pitts, J. (2001) The New Politics of Youth Crime: Discipline or Solidarity, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Approaches to the perceived ‘problem’ of youth crime.
Savage. J. (1991) England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock, London: Faber and Faber.
The influence of the punk rock movement on youth.
Youth Justice (1999): Contemporary Policy and Practice, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Contemporary political approaches and social policies towards youth crime.


